[15]. This condition has been met with more frequently in other localities. Stone and Swift (138) report it in a high percentage of their cases. Lamb and Brannin (77) encountered it seven times, and Blanton and Irons (12) report two cases. Borst (15) and Jaffé (66) also have found this complication.

[16]. Cheesman and Meltzer (24) demonstrated as early as 1898 the importance of primary injury for the localization and development of secondary infecting bacteria.

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